Collar-button and necktie-holder.



B. U. DYE. COLLAR BUTTON AND NBGKTIB HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.26, 1912.

Patented July v1, 1913.

j J5 NfL/ZZ4 ,y Inventor Witnesses unirsi) BLOOMFIELD U. DYE, OF ROCKYFORD, COLORADO.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be ity known that I, BLOOMFIELD U. DYE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rocky Ford, in the county of Otero and State of Colorado,have invented a new and useful Collar-Button and Necktie-Holder, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to buttons for collars and has for an object toprovide a collar button and necktie holder which is adapted to hold thecollar to a shirt and to provide means whereby the necktie is securelyheld in position at the front of the collar.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made withain thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification Figure 1 is aperspective view showing my improved button and necktie holder inposition. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are enlargedviews of my improved fo-rm of button, and Fig. 5 is an enlarged view ofthe necktie holder.

My improved collar button and necktie holde-r comprises the collarbutton proper as shown and illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 and thefastening hoo-k shown in Fig. 5. The collar button comprises a baseplate 10 substantially circular in outline and planooonvex in crosssection. A broad and thin shank 11 is formed integral with said baseplate and has its four sides concaved as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Thisshank portion is adapted to receive and retain therein the walls of thecollar illust-rated more clearly in Fig. 2.

An enlarged head portion 12 is formed integral with theI said shank 11.This enlarged head is broad and thin in outline and has a wedge-shapedend 13 formed at Specicatonof Letters Patent.

Application lfiled October 26, 1912.

Patented July 1, 1913.

Serial No. 727,982.

its extreme outer end. A hole 14 is provided in the head portion and isadapted to receive therein the wire loop 15 of the tie fastening hook.The said tie fastening hook comprises a looped portion 17 adapted to befastenedto the tie either by sewing or other suitable means and has anextension 16 formed integral therewith. The said portion 16 is loopedback upon itself to form the downward extending member 15, which member15 is adapted to fit within the hole 14 to thereby hold thetie securelyin position.

In the preferred form of my invention, the collar button proper is madeof metal and the tie fastening hook is made from a continuous piece ofsteel wire. I do not wish however, to limit myself to these materials asit may be readily seen that the button may be made from bone, pearl Vorother suitable material.

By providing my improved collar button with the wedge-like end 13 littleo-r no difficulty is experienced in buttoning the collar. 'The flat thinhead provides that the button shall enter the button hole with the axisof the aperture in the head substantially vertical. The shank portion isalso broad and thin which insures that the button will remain in thisposition, and the concavity of the wall of the shank portion insures thereceiving and holding of the collar in position with respect to theshirt.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a collar button which willremain in position to receive the fastening hook of the tie, and willretain the collar in position in the absence of said hook, all of whichfeatures go to make up a new and useful article.

I-Iaving thus described the construction and advantages of my improvedcollar but ton and necktie holder, what I claim to be new and originalwith me is A co-llar button comprising a base plate, a shank extendingtherefrom and provided with the upper, lower and side walls thereofconcaved, a relatively broad thin head portion at the extremity o-f saidshank and provided with a wedge-shaped end, the upper, lower and sideWalls of the head poras my own, I have hereto aiixed my signa tionbeveled to form a double Wedge-shaped ture in the presence of twoWitnesses. end, and said broad thin head portion provided With anaperture vextending trans- BLOOMFIELD U DYE versely therethrough andadapted to re- Witnesses: ceive a tie fastening hook therein. JOHN W.YOUNG,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing C. C. COFFMAN.

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